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High Capability Airborne Radar Sounder Version 2 (HiCARS-2) is an ice-penetrating radar. Data from HiCARS-2 enable researchers to build profiles of ice sheets that show the ice surface, internal layers, and the bedrock.

Instrument Type

Profiler/Sounder

Instrument Subtype

Radar Sounder

Specifications

Resolution

Spectral

52.5 to 67.5 MHz

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